Welcome to the Overstrand Municipality

Welcome to the Overstrand Municipality

In the background, though, a top performer—Overstrand Municipality—labours relentlessly to ensure this treasure trove’s clockwork ticks over smoothly. Providing municipal services to an area exceeding 1708 km2 with a population well in excess of the estimated 74500 souls is no easy feat, as the 25-strong Council and personnel corps of around 1100 can attest to.

Nevertheless, not one to shy away from a challenge, Overstrand has set its sights firmly on being revered as a Centre of Excellence for all it serves, notably the communities of Hermanus, Gansbaai, Stanford, Kleinmond and everyone in between.

In the background, though, a top performer – Overstrand Municipality – recently ranked “best performer” in an independent study conducted by Municipal IQ amongst South Africa’s 278 municipalities and awarded a clean audit for the 2013/14 fiscal year – labours relentlessly to ensure this treasure trove’s clockwork ticks over smoothly.

Providing municipal services to an area exceeding 1 708 km2 with a population well in excess of the estimated 80 000 souls is no easy feat, as the 25-strong Council and personnel corps of around 1 087 can attest to.

Nevertheless, not one to shy away from a challenge, Overstrand has set its sights firmly on being revered as a Centre of Excellence for all it serves, notably the communities of Hermanus, Gansbaai, Stanford, Kleinmond and everyone in between.